Search results for "Reimbursement"
MGMA conference coverage: Revenue varies with ownership, EHR use
Gait speed preoperatively predicts cardiac surgery outcomes
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/11/03/2.htm
3 Nov 2010
Productivity bonuses not so productive for high-value care
California hospitalists were surveyed about their institutions' culture of high-value care.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2019/03/qa-productivity-bonuses-not-so-productive-for-high-value-care.htm
15 Mar 2019
Nearly one-third of older adults need end-of-life decisions made but lack ability
Age-adjusted D-dimer value helps exclude PE in older patients
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2010/04/07/2.htm
7 Apr 2010
Upper gastrointestinal bleed
This edition of Morning Report focuses on a fictional patient with an upper gastrointestinal bleed.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2017/06/morning-report-gi-bleed.htm
15 Jun 2017
Weighing in on BMI
A patient's body mass index can have a profound effect on the complexity of care and the risks of complications, morbidity and mortality.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/04/coding.htm
15 Apr 2011
Translating ‘two midnights'
CMS##rsquo; attempt to redefine the difference between inpatient and observation status may create new problems.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/12/coverstory.htm
15 Dec 2013
Readmissions difficult to predict, study finds
Neither providers nor an algorithm accurately predicted which patients had the highest risk of readmission, a new study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/03/30/2.htm
30 Mar 2011
Crucial coding rules for clinicians
Principal diagnosis, secondary diagnoses, principal procedure, and present on admission are covered.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2016/09/coding-rules.htm
15 Sep 2016
Actual observation patients different from CMS’ intentions
Characteristics of observation patients differ from what was likely intended by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and hospitals and patients are getting hit in the wallet as a result, a new study and editorial suggest.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/07/17/1.htm
17 Jul 2013
Hospitalist doesn't hold back on blog about rural medicine
Hospitalist doesn’t hold back on blog about rural medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/09/web.htm
15 Sep 2008